Administration and probate — Testator's Family Maintenance — Application for maintenance to be made "within six months after the date of the grant of probate" — Application made within six months of date of issue of probate to executors but more than six months after endorsement of "grant" on praecipe for probate by Registrar of Probates — Whether application made in time — Administration and Probate Act 1928 (No. 3632), sec. 147 — Administration and Probate (Testator's Family Maintenance) Act 1937 (No. 4483), sec. 6.

Administration and Probate - Testator's Family Maintenance - Application by adult daughters for extension of time for making application - Lapse of over three years since grant of probate - Estate not finally distributed - Ignorance of size and extent of estate - Size and extent of testator's overseas assets deliberately concealed by executors - Principles to be applied in determining applications for extension of time - Administration and Probate Act 1958 (No. 6191), s99.